Cadet Battery for the Virginia Military Institute

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Please note this is a pre-order product and is due to be released  March 2022.

6 unpainted resin miniatures 28 mm scale for the Cadet Battery of the Virginia Military Institute comrpise of;

• 2 12 pounder field howitzers model 1841with the oval seal of the commonwealth of Virgina on the barrel.
• 4 Alger 6 pounder "Cadet gun" with the oval seal of the commonwealth of Virgina on the barrel.

The Cadet Battery was commanded by Major Thomas J. Jackson, later known as “Stonewall” Jackson. He was professor the Instructor of Artillery at the Virginia Military Institute from 1851 until the break of the Civil War in 1861.

The four Alger guns were named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John by William Pendleton., an Episcopal minister and commander of the Rockbridge Artillery unit,

Detail of the 12 pounder field howitzer with the seal of the commonwealth of Virginia

Detail of the 6 pounder Alger gun with the seal of the commonwealth of Virginia